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SrrepsiLas, Mliger. 
143. SrRepsiLas INTERPRES (Linn.), Syst. Nat. ed. 12,i. p. 248; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, 
Cursores, p. 43. 
Hab. Celebes (Mus. Lugd.): almost universal. 
Esacus, Lesson. 
144. Esacus maenirosrris (Geoffroy St.-Hilaire): Vieill. N. Dict. xxiii. p. 231 (1818), 
nec Latham. 
CGdicnemus magnirostris, Geoffroy, Temm. Pl. Col. 387, “ Celebes ;” Wagler, Syst. Av. Charadrius, 
no. 3, “ New Holland” (1827) ; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Cursores, p. 22. 
Charadrius giganteus, Lichtenst.; Wagler, Isis, 1829, p. 647, “ New Holland.” 
Esacus magnirostris, Geoffroy, Gould, Hand-b. B. Austr. ii, p- 2138. 
(Latham), Wall. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 346, nec Latham. 
Hab. Celebes (Reinwardt); Island of Raou, near Morty, Island of Moor, east coast of 
Gilolo, Waigiou, Bangka (Mus. Lugd.); northern and north-western parts of Australia 
(Gould) ; Sula Islands, New Guinea (Wallace). 
The Australian ‘“Great-billed Plover” of Latham (Syn. Supp. ii. p. 319, C. maqni- 
rostris, Lath. Ind. Orn. Supp. p. 66) has been shown by Mr. Strickland (Ann. Nat. Hist. 
xi. p. 337) to be nothing but @dienemus grallarius (Lath.). Consequently Mliger’s 
genus Burhinus (Prodrom. p. 250, 1811), founded on C. magnirostris, Lath., is syno- 
nymous, not with Hsacus, but with (dicnemus, over which generic title it takes 
priority. 
The name magnirostris, Geoffroy, seems to have been an unpublished museum title. 
I can find no earlier description of the species than that of Vieillot’s (7. c.), who adopted 
the name from the Paris Museum. 
Temminck figured (7. c.) a Celebean example collected by Reinwardt; but he united 
with it as belonging to one species individuals from India, Java, and les iles Papous. 
The Celebean bird in size, he observes, holds a middle place between the Indian and 
the Papuan, the last being the largest and having the plumage very dark-coloured. 
The Indian £. recurvirostris (Cuv.) is a recognized species; but may not the Celebean 
bird prove to be a species distinct from the Australian? Professor Schlegel unites the 
archipelagic with the Australian; but have they been compared ? 
Himantorvs, Brisson. 
145. Himantorus Levucocepnatus, Gould, P. Z. S. 1837, p. 26, “Australia, Java, 
Sumatra;” Birds Austr. vi. pl. 24; Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas, Scolopaces, 
p- 106; conf. Blyth, Ibis, 1865, p. 35. 
Hab. Gorontalo, October 9 (Forsten); Ayer-pannas, August 14; Limbotto, August 
29; Wawou, a few days old, August 27 (Rosenberg); Bengal (H. intermedius, Blyth, 
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